Volleyball Visits #13 Hawai'i For Sunday Night Match-Up

Highlanders In Week Six
Big West Match #2-Honolulu, O'ahu

Sunday, October 2 at #13 Hawai'i 8:00 pm PT
Stan Sheriff Center

Honolulu—The UC Riverside Volleyball Team continues Big West play this weekend, when it takes the longest road trip in the conference for a Sunday night match-up with the #13 Hawai'i Rainbow Wahine at 8 pm PT.

The Highlanders are coming off a 3-1 loss at Cal State Fullerton in their conference opener Saturday. Freshman Mickayla Sherman led UC Riverside's offensive attack with 16 kills. Meg Graham with added 12 kills and Cristina Maietta chipped in with a 12 dig, 10 kill double-double.

Chelsea Doyle logged 40 assists, 10 digs, and three service aces. She ranks fourth in the Big West with 0.39 aces per set. Maddie Hubbell added 23 digs in four sets, and her 4.37 digs per set is third in the Big West.

Hawai'i (9-4, 2-0) picked up a pair of conference road victories last week along the central coast—a 3-0 sweep of UC Santa Barbara and a 3-1 decision over Cal Poly.

The Rainbow Wahine are led by Nikki Taylor, who tops the Big West in kills (5.35) and service aces (0.79) per set, and is also fourth in blocks per set (1.06). Reigning Big West Freshman of the Week honoree, Norene Iosia leads the conference with 11.17 assists per set, and is second behind Taylor serving up 0.49 aces per frame.

Savanah Kahakai patrols the back row for Hawai'i, averaging 4.32 digs, which ranks fourth in the league.

In last year's meeting on the island, the Highlanders dropped the first two sets, but battled back to take the third, 25-18, from a then #8 ranked Hawai'i team before ultimately falling in a competitive fourth set, 25-23 (box score/recap).

The Highlanders are still searching for their first victory versus the Rainbow Wahine (all-time results).

GAME NOTES

RECORD BREAKERS, HISTORY MAKERS
The Highlanders had five wins in conference play last year, besting the 2003, 2005 and 2011 squads for the most Big West victories in program history.

Year	W	L	Pct
2015	5	11	.313
2005	4	10	.286
2011	4	12	.250
2003	4	14	.222

INDY 500
The Highlanders 3-2 victory over Cal State Fullerton on September 25, 2015 was witnessed by 510 rabid UC Riverside fans—the ninth highest attended match in the Division I history of the program ... or rather the 10th highest, as 629 fans attended the team's match against #10 Hawai'i on October 3.

Date	Opponent	Att.
September 24, 2011	CSUN	745
September 27, 2014	Hawai'i (#25)	731
October 3, 2015	Hawai'i (#10)	629
October 27, 2001	Long Beach State	625
September 21, 2012	Hawai'i (#7)	594
October 4, 2002	Long Beach State	586
October 26, 2001	UC Irvine	575
September 3, 2008	UCLA (#6)	535
November 17, 2001	Cal State Fullerton	513
September 25, 2015	Cal State Fullerton	510

AND NEW ...
The Highlanders welcome 11 new players to the fold—nine freshman and two transfers. The 2016 squad returns seven letter winners and five starters, led by All-Conference honorees Maddie Hubbell and Chelsea Doyle along with Fabiana Rosas, Meg Graham and Cristina Maietta.

BLUE AND GOLD DIGGER
In 2014 as a sophomore, Maddie Hubbell ranked eighth in the Big West in digs per set with 3.59. Last season, she led the conference in total digs (525) and in digs per set (4.91), earning her First Team All-Conference honors.

This season, Hubbell is averaging 4.37 digs per set. Should she maintain average, she will rank fourth in single-season digs per set in the program's Division I history.

She was twice named Big West Defensive Player of the Week in 2015, August 31-September 6 and November 7-13. In 2016, she picked up the award in the season's opening weekend August 26-27. (story)

Digs Per Set (min. 100)
Sheryl Benson	5.7	1988
Leanna Clark	5.1	1988
Melanie Jones	5.0	1987
Maddie Hubbell	4.91	2015
Janna Stern	4.5	1998

ALL-TOURNEY TEAMS
This season Fabiana Rosas and Maddie Hubbell were named to the Cal Molten Classic All-Tournament Team (story), Chelsea Doyle was named to the All-Tournament in Utah State Invitational (story), and Meg Graham was selected to the Roadrunner Classic All-Tournament Team (story).

SWEPT UP
Last season, UCR had four victories by way of the 3-0 sweep—September 4th vs. Grand Canyon, September 12th vs Central Michigan, November 7th at Cal State Fullerton, and November 14th at home against UC Santa Barbara. The 2005 squad set the DI mark with nine victories in three frames. see results

The Highlanders have two sweeps to their credit in 2016—August 26th vs. Southern Utah, and September 9th vs. Southeastern Louisiana.

PLEADING THE FOURTH AND FIFTH
The Highlanders played to four or five sets in 13 of 28 matches last season. The 2004, 2007 and 2012 squads all played 15 matches to four or five sets to claim the UCR Division I mark.

In 2016, the Highlanders have played to four or five sets in seven of their 13 matches.

LET THERE BE HEIGHT!
Of the 11 newcomers to the Highlanders 2016 squad, five are taller than 6-0, giving UC Riverside six 6-footers overall, which matches last season's total.

(ALMOST) OVER THE RAINBOW
UC Riverside took the first set from nationally ranked Hawai'i in the last match of the 2014 season, 25-19. It marked the first time the Highlanders had won a set against the Rainbow Wahine since 1984, spanning 20 sets. UCR also nearly topped Hawai'i in the second set of their September 27, 2014 meeting, but the Rainbow Wahine eked out a 29-27 victory.

On October 30th, 2015 the Highlanders took the third set from #6 ranked Hawai'i 25-18, and narrowly lost the decisive fourth set 25-23.

GENERAL PATTON-(COLEMAN)
UC Riverside Volleyball is in it's the fourth season under Head Coach Michelle Patton-Coleman. Patton-Coleman came to the Highlanders following five seasons at San Francisco State, where she took over a program that lay dormant for four years (2004-07). The Gators advanced to two NCAA Tournaments during her tenure including a 21-9 mark in 2012 which included a program-record 16 conference victories.

Volleyball Visits #13 Hawai'i For Sunday Night Match-Up

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